Africa

Senegal has won the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after beating hosts, Algeria 5-4 on penalties in the final match on Saturday February 4, 2023. The keenly contested final of Africa’s home-based stars ended 0-0 in regulation time forcing penalties. Senegal triumphed 5-4 on penalties to be crowned Champions at …

At first, he appeared to be the most unlikely candidate for the task. After his fifth attempt at running for Kenya’s presidency, surely Raila Odinga is finished, done. The only thing left perhaps was how to update his memoirs. But who needs nuggets from a loser who couldn’t put them …

… Approves dollars as parting gifts  Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday bided farewell to 19 youths, most of them grew up as orphans and vulnerable indigenes of Borno State. The students will soon be departing for Suez City in Egypt, to study and obtain Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery …

Abuja, Feb. 2, 2023 The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg in partnership with that country’s Police have effected the arrest of four policemen for allegedly beating a Nigerian into coma. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the policemen were arrested on Wednesday at the Boksburg North Police Station by …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Awolowo as the Secretary, National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for a tenure of four years with effect from December 19, 2022. As Secretary, Mr. Awolowo is expected to provide direction to the National Action …

Accra, Jan. 27, 2023 Africa needs to increase its production capacity to realise the dream of trading its way out of poverty, Ghanaian Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Bawumia made the comments in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of a three-day high-level policy dialogue on achieving prosperity …

Remark by Ambassador Lot Egopija, Consul General of Nigeria in New York, USA, at the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial program at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey, USA on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.  Protocol I consider it a great honour to be invited to this auspicious occasion, …

Excerpts from the Remarks by Ambassador (Dr) Motumisi Tawana, Consul General of South Africa in New York and Chairman, African Consuls General Group (ACGG) at the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Event held at Essex County College in collaboration with the ACGG on 24 January 2023.  Protocols Let me …

· Welcomes provision of $538.05 million to Nigeria by ADB, other partners for special agro-industrial processing zones  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Dakar urged African leaders to demonstrate political will and re-commit themselves to transformation of agriculture in the continent. In his goodwill message to the Feed Africa Summit …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Jan. 25, 2023 Amb. Lot Egopija, Consul-General of Nigeria in New York on Tuesday, joined other members of the Amb.  (Dr.) Motumisi Tawana-led African Consuls General Group (ACGG) in New York, United States of America (US) to pay tribute to legendary African American Church leader …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 25, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Dakar, the capital of Senegal, ahead of the 2nd edition of the Dakar International Conference on Agriculture. Mr. Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography) confirmed this via pictorial reports on Tuesday night. According to the …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Jan. 24,  2023 The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Joyce Msuya, has called for humanitarian, development, peace and stabilisation efforts as the Lake Chad Basin conference opens. The UN Spokesperson Stephanie Dujarric, at a news conference on Monday in New York, said that …

  By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Jan. 24, 2023 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk on Monday, called on authorities in Eswatini to launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer gunned down this past weekend. Thulani Maseko, who was also a pro-democracy …

News Analysis by Cecilia Ologunagba, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recently the Reputation Poll International, a leading global reputation firm, released the 2023 list of the 100 most reputable Africans. Fourteen Nigerians made the list, which includes persons from various sectors ranging from governance and leadership; human rights advocacy, religion, …

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Lagos for Senegal on Tuesday to attend the 2nd edition of the Dakar International Conference on Agriculture. The high-level Dakar 2 Summit, hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and the Chairperson of the African Union is holding under the theme “Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty …

Abuja, Jan. 22, 2023 Senegal powered into the quarter-finals of the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after an emphatic 3-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday. The Lions of Teranga defeated the two-time winners in their final Group B match played at the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba to …

Members of the African Consuls General Group of New York, United States of America (USA) will be Guest Speakers at a program being put together to celebrate the iconic civil rights leader,Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Newark, New Jersey on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The Memorial event, being …

ABUJA, Jan. 18, 2023: The Nigeria healthcare system will ultimately become a medical hub with a major investment deal coming to the country, through the establishment of the Africa Medical Centre for Excellence (AMCE) by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,  Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) stated this …

The Board of Trustees of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced the appointment of Somachi Chris-Asoluka as the Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 1, 2023. Chris-Asoluka, who was until her appointment the Director of Partnerships and Communications of the leading philanthropy that is empowering young African entrepreneurs from …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Jan. 2, 2023 The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Monday expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in a South Africa fuel tanker explosion. The blast in Boksburg, a suburb of the capital, Johannesburg, on Christmas Eve severely damaged the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the death of his mother, Mrs. Eunice Adesina. In his message, President Buhari prayed for the repose of the soul of Mama Eunice and urged the AfDB President “to take …

Madam Eunice O. Adesina, the mother of the President of the African Development Bank and former Minister of Agriculture of Nigeria, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has passed onto glory, aged 92. Mr. Adesina announced the transition of Madam Eunice, in an emotion-laden tweet. He said: “My darling mother, Eunice O. Adesina …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 105 stranded Nigerians from Chad at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, made this known while receiving the returnees in Kano. He said that the stranded Nigerians arrived the International Wing of …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Dec. 8, 2022 The UN agencies say the number of hungry people in West and Central Africa can reach a record high of 48 million in 2023, which should serve as a final “wake-up call” for regional governments to act now. Three UN agencies – …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to work with Guinea Bissau and other countries towards sustaining and strengthening democracy and good governance in the sub-region and the entire African continent. President Buhari gave the assurance in the course of a one-day State Visit to the embattled West …